His melodic principle, the result of transcending all dialectical conflict in his work, reflects the composer's relationship with the world, i.e., he saw himself as the most direct vector of a faith which nourished his creativity and which relentlessly sought to embody universality and peace. Thus the work on LICHT, which began in 1977, was concluded.
Stockhausen began to work on KLANG, The 24 Hours of the Day.
Stockhausen's opera DONNERSTAG aus LICHT (THURSDAY from LIGHT) was broadcast by the SWR (Southwest German Radio) on Oct.
24th as 4th broadcast of the 7-part broadcast series of LICHT (LIGHT) moderated by Karlheinz Stockhausen together with Dr. Reinhard Ermen.
"Musical Dialogue Stockhausen - Bach" with 4 concerts at the Schloß Neuhardenberg from Oktober 29th to 31st.
Settimana Stockhausen from November 6th to 13th with 6 concerts in Bologna, Modena und Reggio Emilia.
World première of FÜNF STERNZEICHEN(FIVE STAR SIGNS) for orchestra on November 28th in Bad Brückenau.
Reinhard Ermen.
Two concerts of Stockhausen's Electronic Music at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon on November 12th and 13th during the Portuguese Contemporary Music Festival.
New compositions: KLANG (SOUND), Second Hour: FREUDE (JOY) for 2 harps;KLANG, Third Hour: NATÜRLICHE DAUERN (NATURAL DURATIONS) for piano;KLANG, Fourth Hour: HIMMELS-TÜR (HEAVEN'S DOOR) for a percussionist and a little girl.
Beginning of the preparations for printing two versions of the score of MOMENTE (1962 to 1964; finished in 1969) for solo soprano, 4 choir groups and 13 instrumentalists: the original score and the Europe Version I972.
In 1951, Karlheinz Stockhausen married Doris Andreae; the couple had four children, including Markus (b. The German premières of KLANG, 2nd Hour: FREUDEfor 2 harps and of KLANG, 4th Hour: HIMMELS-TÜRfor a percussionist and a little girl also took place. at the State College of Music
My vision was to find a beautiful place surrounded by nature, with a good concert hall, a sufficient number of nice helpers and rooms for teaching, where I could give a composition course once a year in peace, in connection with interpretation courses and concerts given by the soloists I know and their students.
In 1967, Stockhausen married his second wife, Mary Bauermeister, with whom he had two more children, including Simon, who would also join his father's circle of musicians as a synthesiser player.
After an extremely difficult early life during which he studied largely in isolation, Stockhausen was admitted to the University of Cologne, where his dissertation on Bartók's Sonata for Two Flutes and Percussion earned him a degree with highest distinction.
Starting in 1950, Stockhausen began attending the Darmstadt Summer Courses, a veritable melting pot of musical modernity which would have a profound effect on his work.
The German première followed on November 13th during the Berlin Festival.
Stockhausen's opera DIENSTAG aus LICHT (TUESDAY from LIGHT) was broadcast by the SWR (Southwest German Radio) on October 20th as 2nd broadcast of the 7-part broadcast series of LICHT (LIGHT) moderated by Karlheinz Stockhausen together with Dr.
Reinhard Ermen.
Wie hat sie Ihre letzten Jahre gelebt?
Die waren gesundheitlich beschwerlicher, ihre Kräfte ließen nach, ein langes Decrescendo.
His father, a schoolteacher, later remarried.
Stockhausen's musical gift was apparent at an early age, and he was performing in piano recitals by the age of eight. "Depending on the tasks I have set myself, and that have been set for me, the angel changes. h.c.) of the Free University of Berlin;
Composer of Honour of the European Cultural Capital Copenhagen;
Edison Prize (Holland) for MANTRA;
Member of the Free Academy of the Arts Leipzig;
Honorary Member of the Leipzig Opera;
Cologne Culture Prize;
Sie suchte nach Sinn, nach einer neuen Aufgabe, einer neuen innerlichen Ausrichtung. Lecturer at the annual International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt from 1953 until 1974, and in 1996.
The first compositions of Electronic Music: Elektronische STUDIEN I und II (Electronic STUDIES I and I), GESANG DER JÜNGLINGE (SONG OF THE YOUTHS): birth of Space Music and Aleatoric Music.
That is the greatest work of art for the whole cosmos. "Stockhausen is one of the great figures in modern composition," asserted Guardian writer John O'Mahony, "a revolutionary whose shadow stretches across contemporary music in all its incarnations."
Stockhausen was born on August 22, 1928, in Mödrath, a German town near the great cathedral city of Cologne.
Danach kam eine lange Phase, in der sie den französischen Philosophen und Weisheitslehrer Frédéric Lionel ins Haus einlud und seine Vorträge in Köln organisierte. (Recordings of his work are difficult to find, since most are released by his own Stockhausen-Verlag and must be ordered.) Experts point out, however, that his work is best appreciated live.
1950 machte sie ihr Staatsexamen als Musikpädagogin in Köln. He finished composing his first piece, Drei Lieder (Three Songs), just before his studies concluded. Nur als er dann viel später sah, dass die Ehe anfing zu wackeln, hat er meiner Mutter vorausahnend dieses Haus in Köln-Marienburg gekauft, damit sie unabhängig sein konnte.
Am Anfang lebte das frischgebackene Ehepaar aber noch vergleichsweise bescheiden?
Während und nach dem Studium konnten sie sich kaum etwas leisten.
Wie hat Ihre Mutter das erlebt?
Für meine Mutter war das sehr schwer. 130 participants (performers, composers, musicologists and auditors) from 22 different countries attended seminars, public dress rehearsals and 9 different Stockhausen concerts.
On September 25th, 27th and 29th MOMENTE (MOMENTS) Version 1998 was performed in Cologne, Zürich and Paris (solo soprano Angela Tunstall, choir of the West German Radio, musikFabrik, conductor Rupert Huber, sound projectionist K.
Stockhausen).
International Stockhausen Symposium at the Cologne University from November llth through 14th: daily public lectures and discussions about Stockhausen's works by musicologists from Germany, France, the United States, Russia, Japan and Switzerland. 40 auditors). Es waren eigentlich nur die letzten Wochen, wo ihr Körper sagte, so jetzt reicht's.
Meine Mutter unterstützte ihn in allem. In addition to the composition and interpretation seminars, there were 7 faculty concerts and 3 participants' concerts. Such radical experiments made Stockhausen a favorite with a new generation of musicians. 140 participants from 26 different countries attended (31 composers, 40 interpreters, 13 musicologists, ca.
Zuerst haben sie in einer ganz kleinen Wohnung in Lindenthal gewohnt, später in einer etwas größeren in Braunsfeld, weil wir vier Kinder waren.
Die ihre Mutter mehr oder weniger alleine groß zog?
Meine Mutter war sehr involviert in das Musikleben und hat meinen Vater enorm unterstützt, trotz der vier Kinder und obwohl sie den ganzen Haushalt geschmissen hat.
The numbers indicate the general historical order of the works.
Stockhausen realised the electronic music and participated in these recordings as conductor, performer, sound projectionist, and musical director. Er stammte aus einer Frankfurter Kaufmannsfamilie.